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The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) - Hardcover

Book 56 of 90: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

Beckstein, Martin

 
9781138915558: The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138915556 ISBN 13: 9781138915558
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing; and governments contribute to the re-configuration of the economic sphere as a site of political contestation by reminding corporate and private economic actors of their duty to ‘do their bit’.

The Politics of Economic Life addresses this trend by exploring the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production, and entrepreneurship are imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.

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About the Author

Martin Beckstein is Postdoctoral Assistant for Political Theory at the University of Zurich.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138915556
ISBN 13 
9781138915558
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
182